In order to determine effects of acid-binding capacity levels in dietary on performance and nutrient apparent digestibility of lambs, 24 Sannen male lambs at 7 days of age were randomly allocated to 4 groups. Lambs in group A were fed basal diet and in groups B, C and D were fed three experiment diets with 3.0,9.0 and 15.0 kg/t acidifier addition in the basal diet, respectively (the acidbinding levels of supplementary were 30.0, 20.0 and 10.0 mmol HCl/100 g, respectively; the acidbinding levels of diet were 39.3, 35.2 and 31.1 mmol HCl/100 g, respectively) The feeding experiment and digestibility test were conducted to determine effects of acidbinding capacity levels in diet on performance and nutrient apparent digestibility of the earlyweaning lambs. The results showed that: 1) weight gain in groups B, C and D were significantly higher than that of group A (P<0.01) Weight gain of groups C and D were significantly higher than that of group B (P<0.05); 2) health condition was improved by acidifier inclusion. Diarrhea rate in groups B, C and D were decreased by 36.36%, 28.65% and 81.82% compared with group A, respectively; 3) CP and GE apparent digestibility of groups B, C and D were significantly higher than that of group A (P<0.01). CP and GE apparent digestibility of groups C and D were significantly higher than that of group B (P<0.01); 4) DM apparent digestibility of groups B, C and D were significantly higher than that of group A (P<0.01). DM apparent digestibility of groups C and D were significantly higher than that of group B (P<0.01) and group D was significantly higher than that of group C (P<0.05). The results suggested that the daily gain, feed to gain ratio and apparent digestibility of main nutrition were significantly improved with the decrease of acidbinding levels in dietary. Simultaneously, the healthy condition of lambs was effectively improved. The group that supplementary acid-binding level was 10.0 mmol HCl/100 g and diet acid-binding level was 31.1 mmol HCl/100 g had the best effect in this research.
WANG Yongjun,LU Ning,TIAN Xiu’e,YANG Jingyu,CHEN Yanrui,BAI Chengbin
. Effects of Acid-binding Capacity Levels in Diet on Performance and Nutrient Apparent Digestibility of Lambs[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2009
, 21(04)
: 488
-492
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DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2009.04.011